The Collaborative International Dictionary
Reluctance \Re*luc"tance\ (r?-l?k"tans), Reluctancy \Re*luc"tan*cy\ (-tan-s?), n. [See Reluctant.]
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The state or quality of being reluctant; repugnance; aversion of mind; unwillingness; -- often followed by an infinitive, or by to and a noun, formerly sometimes by against. ``Tempering the severity of his looks with a reluctance to the action.''
--Dryden.Syn: Syn. See Dislike.
He had some reluctance to obey the summons.
--Sir W. Scott.Bear witness, Heaven, with what reluctancy Her helpless innocence I doom to die.
--Dryden. (Elec.) Magnetic resistance, being equal to the ratio of magnetomotive force to magnetic flux.
Wiktionary
n. (obsolete spelling of reluctance English)
Usage examples of "reluctancy".
The reason why bull's fat is so powerful is that the bull at the time of slaughter is full of secret reluctancy and vindictive murmurs, and therefore dies with a higher flame of revenge about him than any other animal.
I roared as loud as I could, and the nag came galloping towards me, whereupon she quitted her grasp, with the utmost reluctancy, and leaped upon the opposite bank, where she stood gazing and howling all the time I was putting on my clothes.
A misfortune we undergo with somewhat less reluctancy, because it has been common to us with Pythagoras, ®sop, Socrates, and other of our predecessors.
I roared as loud as I could, and the nag came galloping towards me, whereupon she quitted her grasp, with the utmost reluctancy, and leapt upon the opposite bank, where she stood gazing and howling all the time I was putting on my clothes.